Thanks Billy! Much appreciate your kind words. That vid was still in my first year on TH-cam, I suppose the information in it was good but I think my delivery and the thumbnail were all a bit basic!
Enjoy it! Poms are pretty resilient as bonsai. The only pomegranate that ever died on me was many years ago a very young tree that I foolishly repotted in late summer. It threw off its leaves, and started to regrow leaves in late autumn, too late to generate much energy, and then it never came back to life again the following spring. So lesson learnt! They have no problems with aggressive root pruning in early spring as you would expect!
Thank you so much for this video, I just picked up one from the not-looking-so-good clearance rack today. The tag says deciduous but even in January (US-Arizona, high desert) when we have freezing nights half the leaves are still green and it has flowers and fruits! That little nugget about how their dormancy is "shifted" a few months later compared to others made me feel better about what to do with it. Just keep it out of hard frosts and wait a few more months for a repot and trim.
Super - it will be a great long-term tree for you! The pommy is a survivor. Also if it was indoors on a clearance rack then the tree wouldn't yet register the coldest temperatures so that would delay its dormancy. Have fun!
I just remembered, some old pomegranate trees show have twisted trunks. You can probably add more wire in the same direction but in different areas on the one you ground layered to give the illusion of a twisted trunk.
That's a great idea - thanks! A little late for the ground layered pommy in this video now as it's already quite thick. But it would look really good indeed
Very nice. I lived in Southern California for many years and did several air layers of various sizes. I did one with a 3 inch thick truck. I loved eating the fruits. I now live in South Carolina and just recently bought some cold hardy varieties and still waiting for the tree to get a little bigger so I can have some to eat and air layer som as well. I’m going to order myself a dwarf variety now that I saw your video. I wonder if I can graft the dwarf variety onto a thicker truck of the full size tree.
I think pomms are brilliant for bonsai, they're fine in hot and cold conditions. I don't know for certain but I'm pretty sure a dwarf grafted into full size root stock would work. I personally don't like doing trunk grafts because it's almost impossible to get a natural looking transition. However I'll be interested to hear your results if you do give it a try.
Pomegranate is where my bonsai journey began, so glad you made this video, it's a wonderful tree, great video. I have twenty odd pomegranate plants at different stages, all originally from a Tesco pomegranate. I wasn't aware that there was a smaller-leaf variety out there! Haven't managed to get mine to flower yet, but that's almost certainly over enthusiastic pruning - I'll stop! Mine have been covered in snow in the winter and been absolutely fine, a surprisingly hardy tree in my experience.
Thanks so much! Yes the pommys are really resilient in both hot and cold, and look great. But unfortunately this year the wind blew all the fruits off this pommy bonsai, so next year I will keep it protected from the wind. I also have a crab apple which has similar maintenance and features, also loses its fruit to the wind every year. But I prefer the pommy for its smaller leaves. The crabble attracts aphids like wild flies but the pommy only seems to attract crawling insects so a bit easier to manage. Do you keep photos of your trees' progressions? It's sometimes a pain to do but when you look back over several years it's really worth it. I use Flickr for that.
@@BlueSkyBonsai I don't document now. I did, in the "beginning", but it just became a photo collection of dead trees. I've killed so many! Then I moved to Eastern Europe and gave all the survivors away. It's only relatively recently that I've gotten back into it, now that I'm rooted in the UK and the children don't require quite so much attention. But it's a good discipline, I shall start again in the spring. I think maybe having children gave me the necessary temperament for bonsai! Had a quick look at weetrees, couldn't find a way to join. Could be because I was on my mobile, I'll fire up the PC later and have another look!
@@shaolinshadowsoldier I know what you mean about the children! In fact I would go further: I need the time with the trees precisely to chill out away from my kids for a while. I will see if I can contact one of the admins on weetrees. They closed new registrations a while back because they found the security of the site had been breached.
@@shaolinshadowsoldier Please send an email to John Farnan. You can find his email address on his website: www.johnfarnan.co.uk/About He has some stunning photos on there.
I just started getting into bonsais, and I've been "pilfering" trees from a botanist friends land, she walks around helping me identify them, ive got a eastern red cedar that is closest to being ready
Thanks! Yes I knew that ants deliver baby aphids to plant flowers and fruit so that the ants can feed on the aphids' honeydew, and now I have seen that they do the same with mealybugs. I'm told ladybirds are also good for removing mealybugs.
Ah I love pomegranate so much. Lol. Hopefully some people take you up on your seed offer as they are a great tee to grow. I also think you 100% need to take some airlayers off the big garden tree 👍
Yeah they're great trees and although the flower petals don't stick around for long, clearly the fruit stays on for many months and they look brilliant like tiny lanterns! You interested in some dwarf pom seeds??
Blue Sky Bonsai yeah the fruit looks cool. I wonder if mine will ever fruit. I can’t take any this time, I don’t have the space to grow any more. As soon as I get a bigger area I’d be down to grow some. So hopefully next year 👍
@@BackGardenBonsai Good luck! Apparently "it may take 3-5 years for your new [pomegranate] plant to grow fruit" -- but I can tell you from my ground layer from 2017 it is definitely more than 3 years because that hasn't fruited yet and it's in full sun, unpruned. I guess my dwarf tree will fruit every year now and I'm not going anywhere in a hurry so just shout when you get more space!
That is impressive! The dwarf pommys are an essential part of any bonsai collection in my opinion. I hope it's not windy where you are, because this year the wind blew all my pommy flowers right off before they could develop into fruit.
Pei Ly Choong, Welcome to the world of bonsai! Adenium makes a beautiful bonsai, sadly I do not have one because they're not very common in Spain. Thank you for your comments!
I have a very very tiny small pomegranate tree. What type of soil do you use when "developing it"? Btw, I do enjoy your channel very much.... just everything about it.
Thanks!! I use granular soil just like in bonsai pots. But in the developing pots the soil is generally not as good quality - usually recycled from earlier repots (and seived to get rid of thedust and fines), and mixed with some non-clumping cat litter, or you could use perlite or vermiculite. In all of these we need to fertilize regularly, if use diluted liquid fert then at least every 2 weeks, or even more frequently, from now through to late autumn. I have observed how, even with small seedlings, using granular soil encourages much better root growth and consequently faster top growth. If you're interested I talked about that in this video: th-cam.com/video/Kj4CRj96goU/w-d-xo.html Hope that helps!
Thanks J, yes it's a very special tree! Those flowers are really exotic, I wish they would last for longer before they drop the petals and form that leathery fruit. Thanks for your kind words!
Really nice. i just planted some seeds and they started to germinate...im wondering how much i will screw up in the beginning... hopefully i will have a couple of plants to try. its difficult to find 1 or 2 years old "virgin" plants to shape them... great work
Thanks! I think we just have to try our hand at doing these seedlings, if a couple grow through then great! But even if not, you will know more than you did before you tried.
hehehe yes you're right there! actually I did some winter pruning on this ground layered pommy and decided to leave it in that big pot for another year, maybe even two more, so that the trunk thickens up more, in proportion with the future height. I'll probably chop it somewhere near the top of the S.
New to your channel and love it. Can I ask what you feed them? I've got 4 pomes grown from seed the oldest being 18 years old. She's only flowered once and I'm not sure if I'm giving her the correct feed. She gets plenty of sun at least 8 hrs and I don't prune much either.
Nice to hear from you, thanks for your comment! And good question. Wow, I would expect more flowers from an 18 year old pommy. They -can- flower after as little as 5 years. I'm not a big fan of fertilizers in general, of course they need some fertilizer because they don't get the natural N, P and K in bonsai soil in a pot. But I use much less than the manufacturers tell us to. In spring, I don't fertilize until the first flush of leaves has developed and hardened off. So late april or so. I use a liquid fert, balanced NPK (around 6-6-6) with the normal micro nutrients, and I dilute it with more water than the manufacturers instruct on the bottle. I feed developing (fattening) trees every two weeks, but small bonsai trees I do only once a month. Until mid June. Then I don't feed until mid september. i.e. I just do a few feeds in spring and autumn, and that works fine. Also, nowadays I only prune the pommy in late summer on branches without flowers & fruit, and in winter only if needed for structural shaping. The pomegranate needs direct sunlight for several hours a day to flower. Hope that helps!
woah nice trees! i have one little pomegranate its shohin size so not sure how ima be able to make it fruit sortaa in range haha especially now that im cutting it back its in its very early stages still urs are more mature
Thanks Boosted! Next year let it just grow, don't try to prune it or shape it or anything. When they are about 4 or 5 years they should start flowring and fruiting.
Good advice.. I would have killed my poor dears and not knowing why...a while back I split my two plants in one pot for each plant and they are thriving great. But now they re coming back after a cold winter and don’t want to wreck them now so I’ll leave them alone this year
Thanks so much! You probably can store them in a basement, but I wouldn't do that, and definitely not for all of winter. Even without leaves, trees should still get some light during daytime, and deciduous trees need to stay cold until March, so that they don't bud early. The only time I wouldn't leave them outside is if you know it's going to get so cold that you're worried about the roots freezing or the pot breaking. In that case, I would put them in a very cold room, and only for a few days or couple of weeks, for the very coldest period. In nature, trees don't have an indoors. But then, they also don't have pots . . .
@@BlueSkyBonsai thank you for information. I didnt knew it still needed light without leaves and i thought early buds would be better as it would fruit early and would have longer time to ripen. Im pretty new with gardening, looks like most things i was thinking were actually incorrect
@@tsraikage The risk with early buds is if you get a night time frost, it could wipe out that complete first set of buds. They usually bud again later in spring but with minimal or no fruit that year.
I've never managed to get my pomegranate to flower yet, and I've had it for at least 7 years now. Must be doing something wrong, even though it looks very healthy.
I think the flower buds of a pomegranate are formed in early spring while the tree is pushing out its first new shoots. This means if you give it a spring or summer prune, you won't get flowers and fruit. So I tend to prune mine in late summer after flowering, or just in winter if I didnt bother in summer. On the other hand, my ground layered shoot is now 5 years old and still hasn't given any flowers or fruit, despite my almost never pruning it. I guess some pommys just need several years reach maturity.
@@BlueSkyBonsai I've only pruned it in autumns, after leaves have fallen. It's okay though, I have patience. Maybe the soil is too wet: that's something I'm going to look into, next time I repot it.
Thank you Jan-Willem! Sorry, all the dwarf pommy seeds have now gone. But for future reference, I did find out a bit about importing seeds in US, you would need to register with the US agriculture department as a personal grower which I believe is free but you get a personal license to receive a low number of seeds from overseas. The alternative would be to risk it and hope the postal services don't inspect the package! Where are you living in US? I'm told that "Todd's Tropicals" have many different species of seeds.
I have used something similar to Osmocote here in Spain - I nearly killed a tiny sageretia bonsai by putting too much! For most trees it is okay for a long-term slow-release fertilizer but I wouldn't use it alone if your goal is thickening up trees. Add organic ferilizer (if you can stand the smell, and if you can protect the pot from bird attacks!) I personally don't use organic because birds are a real problem here, and we really don't like that smell in the garden from spring thru summer! I use organic in autumn, and diluted liquid fert in spring-summer. You could sprinkle on some osmocote, but the problem is, you have no way of telling how slowly it's releasing the fert chemicals. So maybe best to put a half dose of osmocote combined with another fertilizer - either organic or diluted liquid. HTH.
@@BlueSkyBonsai Thanks for sharing your own experience. Ok i will try organic first if theres an improvement and maybe soon adding slow release 14-14-14.
Hello, how do you take care of the tree during winter months, I’m in Alberta Canada quite cold zone 4a , any suggestions ? Garage ? Basement ? Outside ?
Hi, it depends on the species. If it's a pomegranate like in this video, in Canada yes put it in the garage during the very coldest months. Here in Spain it doesn't get very cold, so I leave it outdoors in winter.
Thank you for your response. It is grown from seed from local market. Experimenting with it. Growing well. Our winters get below -30 during the coldest weeks/month. In garage it would definitely be -10 - -20 in the garage …
In summer, twice a day. On the hottest days (like 100°+) I water three times a day. As it gets colder in fall I water it only once a day, and in winter I can leave it for a couple weeks without the soil getting dry. HTH
Thanks Mary, I get new baby pomegranates from this tree each year. Where in the world are you? Some countries have strict regulations on importing seeds and plant matter; some other countries don't even check.
@@marywarren9486 USA has strict rules on importing seeds and plant matter, you can't import unless you have a license from the USDA. Having said that, I'm sure you can get dwarf pomegranate seeds from many places in US. Good luck!
Excellent, but I mean...no white board?? Seriously though great little trees. I see a lot of these on the TH-cam’s but I’m almost 100% sure that I can’t grow them in my climate?
Thanks!! Hahaha, I was considering doing a quick whiteboardy for the orchard style / vase shape but decided it is really self explanatory. And besides , my pens have run out of juice! 😂
I think it might be possible to grow pommies in Boston .. as long as they get enough sunlight during spring & summer. Winter shouldn't be a problem I guess. Let me know if you want to have a try with some of these seeds!
Blue Sky Bonsai huh, well as usual I hadn’t done the research, but if you say so, I’m sure there’s some truth to it! And sure, if that’s a real offer, I’m down for anything at least once!
@@BostonBonsaiIdiot I wouldn't call it truth until you've proven it!! Worth a try though. Ian in Back Garden Bonsai has been growing them successfully in the british isles so I guess it would probably be similar in Massachusetts. Maybe your winters are colder... do you protect all your bonsai through the coldest part? I just saw this: theseedsite.co.uk/aphis.html - the US dept of Agriculture allows small quanities of plant sees to be received without a phytosanitary certificate. But to be total legit, looks like you have to apply for an import permit to receive them, the permit is free and valid for 3 years. I'm happy to send them over... let me know... send me an email, address on my channel's About tab.
@@BlueSkyBonsai You can grow them in the northeast. I'm near Rochester NY about 6 hours west of Boston. I've had one for about 15 years now. I overwinter it in the garage. It can get below freezing in there. If Boston Bonsai Idiot wants some seeds or a cutting I can send him some with a lot less hassle.
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This is a fantastic episode, I keep coming back to it for Pom knowledge. You’re the best, Dave
Thanks Billy! Much appreciate your kind words. That vid was still in my first year on TH-cam, I suppose the information in it was good but I think my delivery and the thumbnail were all a bit basic!
The way you say “pomegranate” is EVERYTHING!!! 😍💚
Thank you! 😊 glad you liked it!
I'm glad I discovered your channel. I happened to buy a dwarf pomegranate tree at Lowe's because it seemed unique
I am also glad you discovered my channel 😊 Pomegranates make great bonsai. Enjoy it!
Very lovely pomegranate bonsai. I like the idea of the "vase styling" for this type of tree. Thanks for sharing in this video.
Thanks! Yes it seems natural when you see how the full-size pomegranate trees grow. Cheers!
The pomegranate fruit from the lovely dwarf Tree reminds of some Pompeian paintings. Thank you for sharing the magical garden and flowers.
Thanks!! I'm curious as to which paintings, but I love the comparison! :) Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Thank you for the info about this tree...I'm planning to transform my potted pome into bonsai.
Enjoy it! Poms are pretty resilient as bonsai. The only pomegranate that ever died on me was many years ago a very young tree that I foolishly repotted in late summer. It threw off its leaves, and started to regrow leaves in late autumn, too late to generate much energy, and then it never came back to life again the following spring.
So lesson learnt! They have no problems with aggressive root pruning in early spring as you would expect!
@@BlueSkyBonsai thanks
Very interesting mate!!
Thank you! 👍🏻
Sound advice, thank you.
Thank you so much for this video, I just picked up one from the not-looking-so-good clearance rack today. The tag says deciduous but even in January (US-Arizona, high desert) when we have freezing nights half the leaves are still green and it has flowers and fruits! That little nugget about how their dormancy is "shifted" a few months later compared to others made me feel better about what to do with it. Just keep it out of hard frosts and wait a few more months for a repot and trim.
Super - it will be a great long-term tree for you! The pommy is a survivor. Also if it was indoors on a clearance rack then the tree wouldn't yet register the coldest temperatures so that would delay its dormancy. Have fun!
Another great video!
Thanks Nigel! I really enjoyed making this one 😊
I just remembered, some old pomegranate trees show have twisted trunks. You can probably add more wire in the same direction but in different areas on the one you ground layered to give the illusion of a twisted trunk.
That's a great idea - thanks! A little late for the ground layered pommy in this video now as it's already quite thick. But it would look really good indeed
Nice trees, they are very attractive
Cheers Darren!
Very nice. I lived in Southern California for many years and did several air layers of various sizes. I did one with a 3 inch thick truck. I loved eating the fruits. I now live in South Carolina and just recently bought some cold hardy varieties and still waiting for the tree to get a little bigger so I can have some to eat and air layer som as well. I’m going to order myself a dwarf variety now that I saw your video. I wonder if I can graft the dwarf variety onto a thicker truck of the full size tree.
I think pomms are brilliant for bonsai, they're fine in hot and cold conditions. I don't know for certain but I'm pretty sure a dwarf grafted into full size root stock would work. I personally don't like doing trunk grafts because it's almost impossible to get a natural looking transition. However I'll be interested to hear your results if you do give it a try.
woww..this is a very beautiful bonsai. Pomegranate bonsai😍😍
Thanks!! 😊😊
Always nice videos Dave! Thanks
Thanks Isidro! 🌳👍🏻
Another great video, looking forward to the next one!
Thanks so much! I'll try to not disappoint
Those are some nice trees!
Thanks so much! 🌳👍🏻
Bisa jadi bonsai yang bagus, keren teman.
Thank you!!
Pomegranate is where my bonsai journey began, so glad you made this video, it's a wonderful tree, great video.
I have twenty odd pomegranate plants at different stages, all originally from a Tesco pomegranate. I wasn't aware that there was a smaller-leaf variety out there!
Haven't managed to get mine to flower yet, but that's almost certainly over enthusiastic pruning - I'll stop! Mine have been covered in snow in the winter and been absolutely fine, a surprisingly hardy tree in my experience.
Thanks so much! Yes the pommys are really resilient in both hot and cold, and look great. But unfortunately this year the wind blew all the fruits off this pommy bonsai, so next year I will keep it protected from the wind.
I also have a crab apple which has similar maintenance and features, also loses its fruit to the wind every year. But I prefer the pommy for its smaller leaves. The crabble attracts aphids like wild flies but the pommy only seems to attract crawling insects so a bit easier to manage.
Do you keep photos of your trees' progressions? It's sometimes a pain to do but when you look back over several years it's really worth it. I use Flickr for that.
@@BlueSkyBonsai I don't document now. I did, in the "beginning", but it just became a photo collection of dead trees. I've killed so many! Then I moved to Eastern Europe and gave all the survivors away. It's only relatively recently that I've gotten back into it, now that I'm rooted in the UK and the children don't require quite so much attention. But it's a good discipline, I shall start again in the spring. I think maybe having children gave me the necessary temperament for bonsai! Had a quick look at weetrees, couldn't find a way to join. Could be because I was on my mobile, I'll fire up the PC later and have another look!
@@shaolinshadowsoldier I know what you mean about the children! In fact I would go further: I need the time with the trees precisely to chill out away from my kids for a while.
I will see if I can contact one of the admins on weetrees. They closed new registrations a while back because they found the security of the site had been breached.
@@shaolinshadowsoldier Please send an email to John Farnan. You can find his email address on his website: www.johnfarnan.co.uk/About
He has some stunning photos on there.
@@BlueSkyBonsai He's an admin on weetrees? Great photos, no mention of bonsai..?
I just started getting into bonsais, and I've been "pilfering" trees from a botanist friends land, she walks around helping me identify them, ive got a eastern red cedar that is closest to being ready
Nice! Enjoy the hobby, it gets addictive!
Great video, I always leave my spiders alone for the same reason, but great info on the ants, I 'll be keeping an eye on those cheeky fellas.
Thanks! Yes I knew that ants deliver baby aphids to plant flowers and fruit so that the ants can feed on the aphids' honeydew, and now I have seen that they do the same with mealybugs. I'm told ladybirds are also good for removing mealybugs.
Not good for us, but how amazing the the way nature works. Keep sharing my friend, love your channel
Ah I love pomegranate so much. Lol. Hopefully some people take you up on your seed offer as they are a great tee to grow. I also think you 100% need to take some airlayers off the big garden tree 👍
Yeah they're great trees and although the flower petals don't stick around for long, clearly the fruit stays on for many months and they look brilliant like tiny lanterns! You interested in some dwarf pom seeds??
Blue Sky Bonsai yeah the fruit looks cool. I wonder if mine will ever fruit. I can’t take any this time, I don’t have the space to grow any more. As soon as I get a bigger area I’d be down to grow some. So hopefully next year 👍
@@BackGardenBonsai Good luck! Apparently "it may take 3-5 years for your new [pomegranate] plant to grow fruit" -- but I can tell you from my ground layer from 2017 it is definitely more than 3 years because that hasn't fruited yet and it's in full sun, unpruned. I guess my dwarf tree will fruit every year now and I'm not going anywhere in a hurry so just shout when you get more space!
i had 100% success with planting dwarf pomegranate seeds last year..and they already starting to flower
That is impressive! The dwarf pommys are an essential part of any bonsai collection in my opinion. I hope it's not windy where you are, because this year the wind blew all my pommy flowers right off before they could develop into fruit.
Well done!
Thank you!!
Thanks for the helpful tips!
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
Am new to planting and interested in making bonsai too. We had lots of endenium that's beautiful grown for years without maintaining thm.
Pei Ly Choong, Welcome to the world of bonsai! Adenium makes a beautiful bonsai, sadly I do not have one because they're not very common in Spain. Thank you for your comments!
I have a very very tiny small pomegranate tree. What type of soil do you use when "developing it"?
Btw, I do enjoy your channel very much.... just everything about it.
Thanks!! I use granular soil just like in bonsai pots. But in the developing pots the soil is generally not as good quality - usually recycled from earlier repots (and seived to get rid of thedust and fines), and mixed with some non-clumping cat litter, or you could use perlite or vermiculite. In all of these we need to fertilize regularly, if use diluted liquid fert then at least every 2 weeks, or even more frequently, from now through to late autumn.
I have observed how, even with small seedlings, using granular soil encourages much better root growth and consequently faster top growth. If you're interested I talked about that in this video: th-cam.com/video/Kj4CRj96goU/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps!
Really nice trees ! That's really something to have one that size growing in your yard, great video 👌
Thanks J, yes it's a very special tree! Those flowers are really exotic, I wish they would last for longer before they drop the petals and form that leathery fruit. Thanks for your kind words!
Really nice. i just planted some seeds and they started to germinate...im wondering how much i will screw up in the beginning... hopefully i will have a couple of plants to try. its difficult to find 1 or 2 years old "virgin" plants to shape them... great work
Thanks! I think we just have to try our hand at doing these seedlings, if a couple grow through then great! But even if not, you will know more than you did before you tried.
It’s 2022 now, time is up!
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hehehe yes you're right there!
actually I did some winter pruning on this ground layered pommy and decided to leave it in that big pot for another year, maybe even two more, so that the trunk thickens up more, in proportion with the future height. I'll probably chop it somewhere near the top of the S.
I hope I'm not to late to get a seed or more from your beautiful dwarf pomegranate. I've recently acquired one myself.
Sorry to tell you, all the seeds went last year! Hope you enjoy yours; they make great bonsai.
New to your channel and love it. Can I ask what you feed them? I've got 4 pomes grown from seed the oldest being 18 years old. She's only flowered once and I'm not sure if I'm giving her the correct feed. She gets plenty of sun at least 8 hrs and I don't prune much either.
Nice to hear from you, thanks for your comment! And good question. Wow, I would expect more flowers from an 18 year old pommy. They -can- flower after as little as 5 years. I'm not a big fan of fertilizers in general, of course they need some fertilizer because they don't get the natural N, P and K in bonsai soil in a pot. But I use much less than the manufacturers tell us to. In spring, I don't fertilize until the first flush of leaves has developed and hardened off. So late april or so. I use a liquid fert, balanced NPK (around 6-6-6) with the normal micro nutrients, and I dilute it with more water than the manufacturers instruct on the bottle. I feed developing (fattening) trees every two weeks, but small bonsai trees I do only once a month. Until mid June. Then I don't feed until mid september. i.e. I just do a few feeds in spring and autumn, and that works fine.
Also, nowadays I only prune the pommy in late summer on branches without flowers & fruit, and in winter only if needed for structural shaping.
The pomegranate needs direct sunlight for several hours a day to flower. Hope that helps!
woah nice trees! i have one little pomegranate its shohin size so not sure how ima be able to make it fruit sortaa in range haha especially now that im cutting it back its in its very early stages still urs are more mature
Thanks Boosted! Next year let it just grow, don't try to prune it or shape it or anything. When they are about 4 or 5 years they should start flowring and fruiting.
Good advice.. I would have killed my poor dears and not knowing why...a while back I split my two plants in one pot for each plant and they are thriving great. But now they re coming back after a cold winter and don’t want to wreck them now so I’ll leave them alone this year
Love your videos, absolutely. Just one question. Can i store potted pomegranate trees in the dark basement for the winter?
Thanks so much! You probably can store them in a basement, but I wouldn't do that, and definitely not for all of winter. Even without leaves, trees should still get some light during daytime, and deciduous trees need to stay cold until March, so that they don't bud early. The only time I wouldn't leave them outside is if you know it's going to get so cold that you're worried about the roots freezing or the pot breaking. In that case, I would put them in a very cold room, and only for a few days or couple of weeks, for the very coldest period. In nature, trees don't have an indoors. But then, they also don't have pots . . .
@@BlueSkyBonsai thank you for information. I didnt knew it still needed light without leaves and i thought early buds would be better as it would fruit early and would have longer time to ripen. Im pretty new with gardening, looks like most things i was thinking were actually incorrect
@@tsraikage The risk with early buds is if you get a night time frost, it could wipe out that complete first set of buds. They usually bud again later in spring but with minimal or no fruit that year.
I've never managed to get my pomegranate to flower yet, and I've had it for at least 7 years now. Must be doing something wrong, even though it looks very healthy.
I think the flower buds of a pomegranate are formed in early spring while the tree is pushing out its first new shoots. This means if you give it a spring or summer prune, you won't get flowers and fruit. So I tend to prune mine in late summer after flowering, or just in winter if I didnt bother in summer.
On the other hand, my ground layered shoot is now 5 years old and still hasn't given any flowers or fruit, despite my almost never pruning it. I guess some pommys just need several years reach maturity.
@@BlueSkyBonsai I've only pruned it in autumns, after leaves have fallen. It's okay though, I have patience. Maybe the soil is too wet: that's something I'm going to look into, next time I repot it.
omg i want this seeds
Enjoyed it. Wondering if the seed is still available, viable, and how to get it to the US.
Thank you Jan-Willem! Sorry, all the dwarf pommy seeds have now gone. But for future reference, I did find out a bit about importing seeds in US, you would need to register with the US agriculture department as a personal grower which I believe is free but you get a personal license to receive a low number of seeds from overseas. The alternative would be to risk it and hope the postal services don't inspect the package! Where are you living in US? I'm told that "Todd's Tropicals" have many different species of seeds.
@@BlueSkyBonsai Thanks, I live in coastal Virginia, and have been playing off and on with bonsai for the past 33 years. Thanks for the information.
Will we gonna get an update?
Now that is a very timely question. Just today I posted an update with this bonsai: th-cam.com/video/JoRjIxCbfbk/w-d-xo.html
@@BlueSkyBonsai wow! Thanks. I saw the video but didn't realise there is a pomegranate tree in it.
What is the age of this plant?
I don't know exactly, because I didn't grow it from seed but I estimate between 10 and 12 years.
My small size pomegranate bonsai bear a 1 fruit and looks good. Can i used osmocote triple 14 to thicken the branches and trunk?
I have used something similar to Osmocote here in Spain - I nearly killed a tiny sageretia bonsai by putting too much!
For most trees it is okay for a long-term slow-release fertilizer but I wouldn't use it alone if your goal is thickening up trees. Add organic ferilizer (if you can stand the smell, and if you can protect the pot from bird attacks!) I personally don't use organic because birds are a real problem here, and we really don't like that smell in the garden from spring thru summer! I use organic in autumn, and diluted liquid fert in spring-summer.
You could sprinkle on some osmocote, but the problem is, you have no way of telling how slowly it's releasing the fert chemicals. So maybe best to put a half dose of osmocote combined with another fertilizer - either organic or diluted liquid. HTH.
@@BlueSkyBonsai Thanks for sharing your own experience. Ok i will try organic first if theres an improvement and maybe soon adding slow release 14-14-14.
@@Frethzel Cheers- I'll be interested to hear your experiences after this growing season.
@@BlueSkyBonsai yeah i will do update when summer ends. Thanks buddy keep it up happy bonsai.
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Hello, how do you take care of the tree during winter months, I’m in Alberta Canada quite cold zone 4a , any suggestions ? Garage ? Basement ? Outside ?
Hi, it depends on the species. If it's a pomegranate like in this video, in Canada yes put it in the garage during the very coldest months. Here in Spain it doesn't get very cold, so I leave it outdoors in winter.
Thank you for your response. It is grown from seed from local market. Experimenting with it. Growing well. Our winters get below -30 during the coldest weeks/month. In garage it would definitely be -10 - -20 in the garage …
@@benzoahadi2972 pomegranate can cope with -10°C but I would not risk -20°.
How often do you water it?
In summer, twice a day. On the hottest days (like 100°+) I water three times a day.
As it gets colder in fall I water it only once a day, and in winter I can leave it for a couple weeks without the soil getting dry. HTH
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Do you still have any seeds left?
Thank you for the info, glad I found this channel
Thanks Mary, I get new baby pomegranates from this tree each year. Where in the world are you? Some countries have strict regulations on importing seeds and plant matter; some other countries don't even check.
I live in illinois
@@marywarren9486 USA has strict rules on importing seeds and plant matter, you can't import unless you have a license from the USDA. Having said that, I'm sure you can get dwarf pomegranate seeds from many places in US. Good luck!
Excellent, but I mean...no white board?? Seriously though great little trees. I see a lot of these on the TH-cam’s but I’m almost 100% sure that I can’t grow them in my climate?
Thanks!! Hahaha, I was considering doing a quick whiteboardy for the orchard style / vase shape but decided it is really self explanatory. And besides , my pens have run out of juice! 😂
I think it might be possible to grow pommies in Boston .. as long as they get enough sunlight during spring & summer. Winter shouldn't be a problem I guess. Let me know if you want to have a try with some of these seeds!
Blue Sky Bonsai huh, well as usual I hadn’t done the research, but if you say so, I’m sure there’s some truth to it! And sure, if that’s a real offer, I’m down for anything at least once!
@@BostonBonsaiIdiot I wouldn't call it truth until you've proven it!! Worth a try though. Ian in Back Garden Bonsai has been growing them successfully in the british isles so I guess it would probably be similar in Massachusetts. Maybe your winters are colder... do you protect all your bonsai through the coldest part? I just saw this: theseedsite.co.uk/aphis.html - the US dept of Agriculture allows small quanities of plant sees to be received without a phytosanitary certificate. But to be total legit, looks like you have to apply for an import permit to receive them, the permit is free and valid for 3 years. I'm happy to send them over... let me know... send me an email, address on my channel's About tab.
@@BlueSkyBonsai You can grow them in the northeast. I'm near Rochester NY about 6 hours west of Boston. I've had one for about 15 years now. I overwinter it in the garage. It can get below freezing in there. If Boston Bonsai Idiot wants some seeds or a cutting I can send him some with a lot less hassle.
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can i get seeds
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Hi, sorry none left!
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